Birth of World by titta

2D • Illustration • posted on Jan 06, 2004

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This "page" tells a legend how the world was born, according Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. The text on the right is from the first chapter of Kalevala. I try to tell shortly the legend in English: Ilmatar (the Virgin of the Air and the Mother of Waters was wandering around alone. She descends to the waters. A pochard is trying to find a place for his nest. He makes the nest on the knees of Ilmatar, and lays his seven eggs there, six golden and one iron.. The pochard sits on eggs few days, and Ilmatar is getting a little angry because the nest and the eggs are heating her. She then moves her legs and the eggs roll into the sea. The eggs break and the world is formed from their pieces: the earth, the sky, the sun, the moon, the stars... Thanks for R'osity 2d Forum for the idea of the illustration and the idea of the techniques, too:-D This illustration I made for 2d Forum's January theme. I made this in Illustrator 8 and in PhotoShop 5.5 Thanks for viewing - all comments are most welcome!

Comments (19)

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Varian

2:09PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

This is wonderful, Titta! And thanks for the translation of the story. I love the way her hair and the water are one, and also the sparkles on the water with the stars of the sky. Nice work!

crazygod

2:12PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

why did you write in finish buhu excellent work titta

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tibet2004uk

2:20PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

Ooooh! Beautiful illustration!! Ilmatar is stunning!! I love her hair!! Very luminous image!! Full of joy! Excellent work my friend, as usual! ;) All my love and lots of digital hugs ;) Pascale.

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titta

2:25PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

Sorry, it's too difficult to translate an old poem...;-D It's difficult to understand the language of this old folktale (or song)even for Finns... Hey,there is some English,too.:-D -titta

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DoomsdayRenderer

2:33PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

Titta, great idea to use Kalevala, fits exactly January Theme! Also the style is like the old books, this is wonderful!

vonfranck

2:49PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

Ein ausgezeichnetes Bild . . . ! Eine sche Geschichte . . . !

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gunsan

2:55PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

Interresting to hear about the old legends, and your illustration is just Super!! Love Ilmatars flying hair and all the sparkles and... all of it. So full of joy and life, it would be a great postcard!

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cbender

4:18PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

great piece... interesting to hear about the legend and great illustration (hummm i guess gun already said that...) well i really live it - it is...aehem... joyful... :)))
great!!! hugs, christian

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KingPtolemy

4:23PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

Beautiful work and story!!! I really like this Finnish folklore!!!

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tatooedravengirl

4:28PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

Ilmatar..WOW T this is truely wondrefull and full of life and new beings ..i'ts your style that i love T and nobody can hold a candle to the way you do your art..I love it..respect and love your friend ^v^Julia

DawnStar

5:52PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

Beautiful image! Very professional looking. At first I thought it was a page out of a published book! The colors are so bright and happy and it all goes so perfect with the legend! :)

deercat21

10:51PM | Tue, 06 January 2004

Wow, I love it. Very interesting legend.

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